About this project

We're going back to the labs on Fútbol Strategy. If you're interested in this game and want to follow its development or get a copy when it is released email us: info (at) conquistadorgames.com and we will connect you with current information as we have it!

Fútbol Strategy lets you take control of football/soccer teams with uniquely rated players in a tabletop game that is fast and fun while being realistic and strategic. Players move around the field as if it were a real game: passing, carrying, crossing, shooting, defending, and clearing. There are goals, corner kicks, goal kicks, free kicks, yellow and red cards, penalty kicks ... the important moments play out just like in a real game.

All the goods! (prototype only)

By the time you've played your first half of Fútbol Strategy you will know how to play and be comfortable with it. Games play in as little as 30 minutes or as long as 60 minutes, depending on your playing speed. You can easily play two games in the time it takes to sit in front of the telly and watch a single, real game.

The footballers represent different nations, have unique identifying codes, and sport individual ratings to pass, receive, score, take long shots, tackle, and defend!

Despite being quick and easy, Fútbol Strategy is deep. Build tactics around attacking, defense, or take a balanced approach. You can play narrow or wide. Push forward or park the bus. All of this happens in space, with footballers moving around the field. It feels like real football.

Action cards walk you through the entire turn, providing all the information in one place. Once you become familiar with the handful of icons the system is second nature.

In Fútbol Strategy you pick six "stars" - five outfielders plus a goalkeeper - to center your team around. Decisions are interesting, meaningful and fast-paced with a realistic feel. The other five players are represented with team markers showing how the rest of your team performs in the attacking, midfield, and defending thirds. Each game, or even different phases of the same game, have their own feel and flavour depending on which stars you choose.

The chips of fate will send you soaring or break your heart as they randomize scoring results and the battle for loose balls.

Each player in Fútbol Strategy has a unique code related to the nation they play for. This will allow us, in future years, to release new sets: You will be able to see players get older and mature or degrade as they age. New players will become available. This "legacy" aspect allows you to tell a different story over the years.

The game that funds at $10,000 includes four nations: Brazil, Spain, Germany, and the United States. But we want a lot more teams; don't you?!

Future stretch goals include more FREE teams (you will vote on future nations to include), more FREE language translations (you will vote on these as well), and a special "Club Leagues Expansion" to purchase that will include hundreds of footballers, "club shield" stickers to add to your footballers, and special rules for club budgets and running leagues!

We are borrowing from the best practice policies and processes of Jamey Stegmaier at Stonemaier Games, as he explains in blog posts here and here. We do not yet have direct shipping from within the actual country to the same degree as Jamey yet but are working on it. If you do not live in a nation that is listed as qualifying for free shipping please add the amount indicated to your pledge:

For nations that are not within our free shipping radius you will pay the upcharge only once even if you order more than one copy of the game. We are happy to accept larger orders in order to minimize your shipping costs, in multiples of four after the fourth copy.

Best pricing - The MSRP of what you get for backing this campaign will be significantly higher after the campaign

Limited availability - We will not print a significant overage beyond what is required to fulfill campaign orders

Co-Creative - We have a strong reputation for integrating backer input

Manufacturing costs - We cannot produce the game without your contributions

Plays like the real thing - Move footballers around the field to pass, cross, receive, defend, and shoot. It is spatial and kinetic, just like the sport

Loads of unique players - Huge range of talent and quality with many unique "builds" to create interesting, difficult decisions

Legacy-style approach - Name your footballers. Each year we will update many of the old footballers, lose some, and add more new ones

Plays fast - Two experienced players can play an entire game in as little as 30 minutes

Easy-to-learn - We have packed a lot of crunchy details into the game, but the rules are light and quick to master

"Quickly becoming one of my favorite games."

"The fact of the matter is that I love this game."

"This was a big hit with the family."

"I'm dazzled by the combos."

"Incredibly well done."

"Thanks for the A+ Customer Service"

"The quality of the box, the board and the pieces exceeded my expectations!"

"These guys do not skimp on the components. Amazing quality."

"(The New Science) is very well designed."

Risks and challenges

This project has very low risk once it is funded. We've learned from our past Kickstarter campaigns. We've had three that went very smoothly and two where we did not plan well. In one, we did the campaign before the game's design was finished and - when the designer vanished - it set the project back almost a year. In the other, the project was so successful and we hit so many stretch goals that we lost a couple of months in design and then manufacturing was completely unprepared to deal with all of the additional production.

Having learned from those experiences we have completed the game design and already gotten art ready - including for all stretch goals that we will offer - and simply need to push the button on the required production once the campaign is over. Everything has been correctly calculated and the production will start immediately.